In case you haven’t seen enough Olympus E-510 reviews over the past few weeks, CNET has one up now that might just be the review to push you over the edge.

They give it a 7.1 out of 10, taking off points for slow autofocus, poor automatic exposure performance, weird white balance results, and default setting that they disagree with.

Some mixed comments on the Live View implementation:

As Live View modes in SLRs go, the 510′s version is pretty nice, but it’s still clunkier than shooting with a real compact camera or using the 510′s optical viewfinder. Since the 510 has to get its mirror out of the way before you can use Live View, then needs to lower it to autofocus and raise it again before you can shoot, this mode is slow and noisy. Also, if you do want the camera to autofocus while in Live View mode, you have to hold the AEL/AFL button to activate it, which also slows down the shooting experience. However, if you want to focus manually, you can zoom in on your subject to help you focus. You can also select the area that you want to zoom in on or use for autofocus; a small green box appears if you cycle through display modes (with the INFO button) and you can move it around the frame with the direction buttons in the 5-way touchpad.

Their complaints about the default settings are the same excessive noise reduction complaints that every other review seems to mention as well:

While you can achieve very nice image quality with the Evolt E-510, out of the box I saw the same issues with the E-510 that Lori Grunin saw with the Evolt E-410. In its default settings, and with Firmware version 1.0, the E-510 underexposes and overblurs photos. Switching the Noise Filter to Low or Off will fix the blurring problem, and using a shooting mode other than Program can help overcome the exposure issues.

Their conclusion is also kind of mixed, fitting for the 7.1 rating and the handful of negatives that they brought up in the review:

While the exposure quirks mentioned above might sound bad, you really can create very good photos with the Evolt E-510, though it can be a bit frustrating when compared to competitors, such as Canon’s EOS Rebel XTi or Nikon’s D40x. However, if you like the idea of this Evolt’s Live View mode or built-in Image Stabilization (something neither of the aforementioned competitors have), then you should give the E-510 a look.

Be sure to check out the full review for all sorts of E-510 reviewy goodness, as well as some low resolution sample photos taken at the U.S. Open. At least that’s something unique, rather than studio test shots and resolution charts, even if the resolution is far too low to be able to tell anything about the E-510′s image quality from them.